March 15, 2008

Most carriers except Northwest match fare hike

All the major legacy airlines except Northwest Air have matched the $4-$52 roundtrip fare hike that United Airlines launched Thursday night, Rick Seaney of farecompare.com says in an email message. American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and US Airways matched Friday night, and Continental matched early today, Seaney said. Northwest is the "lone legacy airline holdout," he said.

"Northwest has been the last to match over the weekends of the past several increases, so I full expect them to match most likely Saturday evening," Seaney said.

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NWA does not want to make money. This way they can claim they are broke and go to the employees for another round of paycuts. Then management can claim that they saved the airline and reward themselves with a huge bonus. They may even declare bankruptcy and shed billions more in debt. Chapter 11 is a tool for todays executives. It worked before!